Argos plans to grow its marketplace to over 130,000 products by end‑2026
Argos announced it will expand its Trusted Sellers marketplace to more than 130,000 products by the end of 2026, building on a trial with 40 partners launched in July. The platform already lists more than 70,000 items spanning furniture, homewares, toys, health and beauty, gifting and electricals, with brands such as Clarins, Dermalogica and Medicube available.
The expansion follows a July trial that involved 40 partner sellers and aims to broaden choice beyond Argos’s traditional catalogue categories. Argos intends to integrate the marketplace into its existing digital and physical channels, allowing customers to buy online and collect from more than 1,100 concession and collection points nationwide. The move comes as Argos prepares to exit a decade‑long ownership by Sainsbury’s, which acquired the retailer’s parent, Home Retail Group, for roughly £1.4 billion in 2016. Since the acquisition, Argos has reduced its standalone store count from over 700 to fewer than 250 by 2023, while maintaining a wider network of concessions and collection points.
“Introducing a marketplace within the next year marks an exciting next step in Argos’ multi‑year transformation,” Graham Biggart, managing director of Argos said.
Sainsbury’s bought Argos’ parent company in 2016, hoping to combine general merchandise with grocery traffic, but subsequently closed many standalone Argos stores in favour of supermarket concessions. By 2023 Argos operated fewer than 250 own‑label shops, down from over 700 at the time of the takeover, though it retained more than 1,100 physical touchpoints through concessions. The retailer stopped printing its catalogue in 2020 after 47 years, shifting to a digital‑first model and launching a mobile app feature called ‘Your Catalogue’ to mimic the print experience.
What we know
Earlier this moth, Argos confirmed plans to expand its Trusted Sellers marketplace to more than 130,000 products by the end of 2026, following a trial with 40 partners in July.
The platform already offers more than 70,000 products, with its range extending beyond furniture, homewares and toys into health and beauty, gifting and electricals.
Sainsbury’s acquired Argos parent Home Retail Group in 2016 for approximately £1.4bn, betting that combining general merchandise with grocery shopping would create a stronger multichannel proposition.
By 2023, Argos had fewer than 250 standalone stores, down from more than 700 when Sainsbury’s bought the business.